Bone Manager (Blender)

Designed to help streamline your rigging workflow

Please consider leaving a small tip... a lot of work goes into this ;)

Feature List:

• Bone Collection tools : Select, Move, Lock, assign Bones Color from interface.
• Collection Color Tags assign and filter
• Constraint Presets
• Dynamic Panel Builder : Creates a custom panel for Properties and/or Modifiers
• Toggle Deform properties and visibility for easy debug.
• Add/Edit/Export/Import Custom Properties.
• Layout tools for buttons.
• Bone Picker mode
• Export Rig UI to standalone script.
  

Setup Addon:

• Download.
• Choose install addon from file in Blender preferences
• Restart (** Restart is required to initialize addon)
• Enjoy.

Update Addon:

• Remove old version in Blender preferences
• Restart Blender
• Repeat "Setup"

Blender Artists thread if you wish to discuss/report anything :

https://blenderartists.org/t/bone-manager-addon/

Revision History :

version 4.2.1 : [26/07/24]

• Fix bug where RigUI and Collection visibility would not sync correctly
• Fix collection UI alignment bug

version 4.2.0 : [17/07/24]

• Blender 4.2 compatibility + minor bug fixes
• Add 'Extensions' Support

version 4.1.2 : [23/05/24]

• Add Dynamic Panel Builder
• Add Enum Creator
• New UI button sorting solution
• Multiselect and move
• Updated Add Bone Collection operator

version 4.1.1 : [12/04/24]

• Hotfix (fix issue where visibility operator becomes disabled)

version 4.1.0 : [11/04/24]

• Add Bone Collection nesting and functionality
• Add Context Menu (right click on collection icon)
• Bug fixes
• This release is not compatible with Blender 4.0

version 4.0.1 : [19/02/24]

• Bug fixes
• Better library override support

version 4.0.0 : [17/02/24]

• Complete Rewrite ***Removed backwards compatibility
• Add Constraint Presets
• Add UI Presets
• Add UI Picker mode
• Improvements to most original features

version 1.0.2 : [04/01/22]

• Fix compatibility with 2.90 & 2.91
• Improve Custom Properties import\export

version 1.0.1 : [06/12/21]

• Fix bad polling in Custom properties operator

version 1.0.0 : [03/12/21]

• Add Blender 3.X Compatibility
• Fix Blender 2.83 Compatibility
• Improve Custom Properties import\export
• Update RigUI exporter (compatibility and options)
• UI Improvements
• Minor Bug fixes/tweaks

version 0.9.2 : [05/11/21]

• Hot fix : Move Layers not working in 'Edit Mode'
• 'Export Custom Properties' causing console errors
• Add Filter to 'Move Layers' popup

version 0.9.1 : [01/11/21]

• Minor Bug fixes/tweaks

version 0.9.0 : [31/10/21]

• Added Import/Export Custom Properties to *.csv
• Added Export/Import Layer Names
• Added Bone Layers Popup (Keymap in addon preferences)
• Improved exported RigUI layout
• Minor Bug fixes/tweaks

version 0.8.9 : [03/08/21]

• Hot fix: 'Get Rigify Names' causing console errors

version 0.8.8 : [12/04/21]

• Added 'Get Rigify Names' and 'Copy Layer Names'

version 0.8.7 : [11/04/21]

• Hot fix:  Custom properties panel/constraint operators causing console errors

version 0.8.6 : [20/02/21]

• Hot fix: Quick constraints panel causing console errors

version 0.8.5 : [27/11/20]

• Update for 2.91 + minor fixes.

version 0.8.4 : [12/09/20]

• Added backwards compatibility with 2.8x + minor fixes.

version 0.8.3 : [12/09/20]

• Update for 2.90 (constraint settings panel changes)

version 0.8.2 : [12/07/20]

• Change Write UI function to Export function with extra panel options

version 0.8.1 : [03/02/20]

• Minor fix : Error in Write UI  function

version 0.8.0 : [11/11/19]

• Minor fix : Wrong icon shown in Quick Constraints Panel for Blender 2.81

version 0.7.9 : [02/11/19]

• Hot fix: Quick constraints Damped Track error
• Add debug tools sub panel to clean UI

version 0.7.8 : [29/09/19]

• Add Quick Constraints Panel (experimental),
• Option for custom property slider size in addon preferences,
• Various other tweaks and fixes.

version 0.7.7 : [06/08/19]

• Add support for RigUI in Weight Paint Mode

version 0.7.6 : [06/08/19]

•  Add support for layers in Weight Paint Mode
•  Add option in addon preferences to set custom properties slider size

version 0.7.5 : [24/06/19]

• Hotfix due to changes in 2.80 API

version 0.7.4 : [11/05/19]

• Major overhaul, too much to list, with a huge contribution by COnLOAR

version 0.7.2 : [08/04/19]

• Fixed issues with Custom properties panel (contributed by COnLOAR)

version 0.7.1 : [26/03/19]

• Hotfix due to changes in 2.80 API

version 0.7.0 : [14/03/19]

• Bugfix(s), complete code refactor, style update. 

version 0.6.9 : 

• Bugfix and deform toggle shift+click

version 0.6.8   

• Python compliance update

version 0.6.7 : 

• Added deform toggles

version 0.6.6 : 

• Minor fix to custom properties panel formatting.

version 0.6.5 : 

• First release of the 2.8x version.